The goldsmith and mineralogist Johann Christian Neuber (1736 1808) was one of the greatest masters of the gold objet gold boxes, watch cases, chatelaines, etc. which he in particular decorated to splendid effect with semiprecious stones agate, jasper, carnelian and a host of others. In 1769 he became director of the Grunes Gewolbe, the magnificent State Treasury in Dresden, and in 1775 court jeweler to the court of Saxony. Neuber s work features enchanting landscapes, intricate floral designs and complex geometric patterns made out of tiny cut stones, incorporating also Meissen porcelain...